Fence-post.



P'ATBNTED 00T. z5, 1904. J. W. SHOCK.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED UR. 27, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Unire a STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

JAMES VILLIAM SHOCK, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

' FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,298, dated October25, 1904.

Application filed pril 27, 1904. Serial No. 205,150. rNo model.)

To /t/Z whom .ft may 0077/067772.:

Be it known that I, JAMES VILLIAM SHOCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention. such as will enable othersskilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fence construction, and more particularly to theconstruction of a post which when anchored in the ground will prove ofpermanent and reliable character; and my invention consists of certainnovel features of combination and construction of parts, as will be'hereinafter clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

The prime object of myinvention is to provide a fence-post which will beuseful for every variety of fence and which when once anchored in itsoperative position on the line of fence will prove of permanent andreliable character.

A further object is to form the post with a reinforcing center, whichwill still hold the parts of the post together if the same should becomecasually broken.

Another object of my invention, among others, is to provide simple andeiiicient means for readily connecting the wire direct to the post atany preferred point thereon.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent,considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are madea part of this application, and in which- Figure 1 shows a perspectiveview of my invention complete as applied to use upon a fence of theusual or any preferred construction. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal centralsection of my improved fence-post, showing' a reinforcing medium locatedin the central part thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing thereinforcing center employed by me. Fig. 4

` is a sectional view of my post. taken on line a 4. of Fig. 9.. Fig. 5is a detail view showing the anchoring-clip employed by me to secure thefence-wire to the post.

In order to conveniently refer in the following description to thevarious details and cooperating accessories of my invention, numeralswill be employed, the same'numeral applying' to a similar partthroughout thc several views.

It may be stated that thebody'of my fencepost is to be formed of cement,and within the central part of the body portion I locate a reinforcingmember, which consists of a piece of suitable sheet-steel or otherpreferred material twisted upon itself in spiral form, as indicated inFig. 3.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, l designates the body portionof my post, which is formed, as above stated, of cement or othermaterial, which may be rendered plastic and afterward will becomethoroughly hardened. I prefer to form the body portion 1 triangularincross-section and slightly tapered or reduced in size from the lowerend up to the upper end thereof. It is obvious that the size of thespiral reinforcing member 2 shall be determined by the size of the postto be made, and it is furthermore obvious .that should the post becomebroken the reinforcing mem-ber Q, of steel or other preferred material,as above stated, will hold the sections Vof the post together, thetwisted or spiral form of the reinforcing member being designed toprevent the withdrawal of said mcmber and at the same time prevent anytwisting or relative movements of the two broken parts of the post,which might result if a simple rod were employed as a reinforclngmember.

I also provide during the molding process a plurality of notches orrecesses 3 in one edge of the post, said recesses being at points uponsaid edge where they will be in position to receive one of thefence-wires, which latter may be secured and held in engagement with thepost by an auxiliary stay-wire t, wrapped entirely around the post atthis point, as clearly shown in Fig. l. If preferred, however, asecuring-clip, as shown in detail in Fig. 5, may be embedded in the bodyof the cement during the molding process. This anchoring orwire-securing member consists of a single piece of wire bent upon itselfto provide the anchoring-loop 5, the two ends being curved upon eachother, as indicated by the ynumerals 6 and 7, and it is obvious thatwhen the fence-wire 8 is placed between the crossed ends of the branches6 and 7 and said branches twisted together over the same said fence-wirewill be reliably anchored in engagement with the post, but may again beeasily separated therefrom, if desired. The loop member 5 being securelyembedded in the body of the post insures that the outwardly-extendingbranches 6 and 7 will be reliably held in their operative positions.

In the formation of my post it may be stated that a suitable mold or abox-like receptacle is provided and the plastic cementplaced thereinafter the reinforcing member 2 has been properly disposed within themiddle of the mold. The plastic material being then placed in the box orreceptacle will surround the spiral reinforcing member 2 and becomehardened around the same, and after the hardening process hassufficiently advanced the finished post may be removed from the mold andplaced aside ready for future use. The several recesses, of any desiredsize and number, may also be readily formed by suitable devicesfashioned in one corner of the mold, so that one edge only of the postwill be provided with said recesses, the depth or size of said recessesbeing suflicient to insure that the fence-wire will find a properresting place therein. My fence-post may therefore be very cheaply andexpeditiously manufactured and when once produced will be found to bepractically indestructible, and even should the post become casuallycracked or broken the parts will still be held reliably together bvreason of the reinforcing member 2, above described.

W'hile l have described the preferred combination and construction ofparts deemed necessary in carrying out my invention, I desire tocomprehend in this application all substitutes and equivalents that maybe considered as falling fairly within the scope of my invention.

Believing that the advantages and construction of my improved fence-posthave thus been made clearly apparent, further description is deemedunnecessary.

That l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

The hinein-described fence-post formed of cement and having areinforcing member of spiral form located in the center of said postwhile in the formative or plastic state, said post having a plurality ofrecesses in one edge thereof, anchoring members formed by bending asingle piece of wire upon itself, the looped end of which is embedded insaid post, the free ends of said anchoring member projecting beyond thesurface of said post and registering with the recesses therein whereby,when the fence-wires are placed between said projecting ends and saidends twisted together, the fence-wires will be held in place upon saidpost, all combined substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have'signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES VVlLLlAM SHOCK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. PRILL, J. M. HOWARD.

